Amnesty International on Thursday denounced what it called a "crackdown
on peaceful dissent" in Algeria in response to an online protest
campaign. Citing Amnesty, AFP reports that the authorities have arrested
and sentenced at least 23 activists and journalists over their purported
support for an online protest movement dubbed Manich Radi (which loosely
translates as "I do not agree"). The campaign, Amnesty said, was launched
in December 2024 "to denounce restrictions on human rights and difficult
socioeconomic conditions in the country".
A total of 191 Nigerian migrants, including 111 women, have been voluntarily repatriated from Libya, the International Organization for Migration
Morocco is racing to complete the nationwide deployment of 5G technology in preparation for co-hosting the FIFA World Cup in
Egypt’s recent joint military exercises with China—the first of their kind—raised eyebrows across the global defense community.
Tunisian authorities on Thursday have evacuated a camp housing around 3,000 illegal migrants in the port city of Sfax,
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